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10K views · 302 reactions | Discover the fascinating history of Portugal's Church of Saint Roque, the first Jesuit church. It became a shrine in 1505 when Saint Roque's relics were moved there. Surviving the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, it stands today with eight side chapels, including the notable Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Saint Roque's Chapel, and Saint John the Baptist's Chapel #WYD2023 #WYD | Catholic News Agency | Facebook

A legend lies beneath this wonderful church in Nazaré, Portugal 🇵🇹 👇 In the year 1182, on a foggy September morning, a nobleman and possibly a Templar named Dom Fuas Roupinho, the sheriff of Porto de Mós, was fiercely pursuing a deer (later believed to be the devil in disguise) on horseback. The chase led them to the edge of a high cliff. When the deer leaped into the abyss, Dom Fuas’s horse nearly followed, which would have been fatal. At the last second, the knight cried out to the Virgin M